SCONUL Focus - Number 49, Autumn 2010
ISSN 1745-5790 (online)
ISSN 1745-5782 (print)
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| Pages | Articles |
| 1 | Contents PDF | RTF |
| 3 | The New Testimonies PDF | RTF |
| 4 | E-book readers: what are librarians to make of them? Karl Drinkwater PDF | RTF |
| 10 | The first six tools for practical Library 2.0 Paul Stainthorp PDF | RTF |
| 12 | Use of social media in the member libraries of the Business Librarians Association Emma Cragg PDF | RTF |
| 15 | LENUS - providing a platform for Irish health research Gethin White PDF | RTF |
| 16 | No audition required! Daren Mansfield PDF | RTF |
| 19 | A typical morning for the information support desk in the University of Liverpool's Sydney Jones library Sandra Brunnen PDF | RTF |
| 20 | From fairytales to real-life stories: sharing experiences at the library information desk Nora Hegarty PDF | RTF |
| 23 | Library qualifications - the work-based learner approach Julie Smith PDF | RTF |
| 25 | The true value of volunteering Jane Hindle PDF | RTF |
| 27 | International networking and staff development EU-style: Cardiff University's library service and the Erasmus staff mobility scheme Sonja Haerkoenen PDF | RTF |
| 30 | How to bid for funding David Young PDF | RTF |
| 33 | Postcards from the (research) edge: staying in touch with students throughout their PhD travels Michelle Blake, Nicola Wright PDF | RTF |
| 36 | The body in the Library: Using collaborative working to develop effective and efficient online information literacy training for distance learners at the University of Portsmouth Paula Thompson PDF | RTF |
| 39 | 'IS for you week' at the University of Brighton Alison Minns PDF | RTF |
| 45 | World Book Day 2010: an event to treasure? Joe Kendal PDF | RTF |
| 47 | Measuring up the experience of LibQUAL at ITT Dublin University Philip Russell PDF | RTF |
| 52 | Is the library collection fit for purpose? Collection analysis at the University of Lincoln Phillipa Dyson PDF | RTF |
| 54 | Rare books collection to find new home at Cardiff University Library Janet Peters PDF | RTF |
| 56 | Playing the long game: reclassifying UEA Library Nicholas Lewis PDF | RTF |
| 62 | Self-service reservations: a review of a pilot at Anglia Ruskin University Norman Boyd, Sarah Allen PDF | RTF |
| 67 | Living through super-convergence: creating library and student support at Liverpool John Moores Univeristy Leo Appleton PDF | RTF |
| 71 | Explaining abstract concepts with concrete examples - entity and research activity data Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin PDF | RTF |
| 74 | A day in the life of Gillian Anderson, UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands) Librarian PDF | RTF |
| 76 | SCONUL Study tour to Denmark and Sweden May 2009 Compiled by Geoff Gilbert PDF | RTF |
| 84 | RLUK/SCONUL digest of scholarly communication news Frederick J. Friend PDF | RTF |
| 90 | 'Subject reporitories: European collaboration in the international context' - a conference organised by the Nereus Consortium Conference reviewed by Antony Brewerton PDF | RTF |
| 94 | Book review: Bite-sized marketing: realistic solutions for the overworked librarian Reviewed by Antony Brewerton PDF | RTF |
| 96 | News from member libraries PDF | RTF |
| 102 | Advice for authors PDF | RTF |